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Utrecht · Seed–Late Stage · 26 people tracked
Also known as AQUA-SPARK MANAGEMENT B.V.
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Investment thesis
Aqua-Spark invests in sustainable, commercial aquaculture businesses that form the foundation of the aquaculture food system, such as fish farms, feed mills and hatcheries, selecting best-in-class operations committed to continual improvement. Backed by a global community of over 300 investors from more than 25 countries, the fund supports the growth of a new, environmentally responsible aquaculture industry and actively seeks entrepreneurs working toward a more sustainable aquaculture food system.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 26 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Founder mafia
4 people who came through Aqua Spark went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 23 of 35 portfolio companiesFoodTech ×17AgTech ×16Biotech ×8Circular Economy ×5Climate Tech ×5AI & Machine Learning ×3Cleantech ×3Hardware ×3
HQs:United States×3Norway×2Brazil×1Finland×1United Kingdom×1Indonesia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×23 founders×1
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 32022 · 12021 · 32020 · 22019 · 42018 · 22017 · 12014 · 118 dated
Ace Aquatec builds IoT-enabled precision products for the aquaculture industry, including acoustic wildlife deterrents, sea lice treatment, biomass estimation and real-time monitoring, and humane fish-stunning solutions.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningCleantechFoodTechHardwareIoTDundee, GB
Nathan Pyne-Carter(CEO)inAlan MacLeod(Chief Finance Officer (CFO))inTara McGregor-Woodhams(Chief Sales & Marketing Officer (CSMO))inKeith Davidson(Chief Technology Officer (CTO))in
Co-investorsChroma VenturesEarth CapitalScottish EnterpriseEIT Food Accelerator Network
Chicoa is a tilapia aquaculture farm operating in Southern Africa, providing farmed fish products.
AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social GoodCahora Bassa, MZ
GerryDamien
Co-investorsGoodwell Investments
Matorka operates a land-based, vertically integrated aquaculture business raising Arctic char in Iceland, harvesting to order with full traceability from egg to customer.
AgTechCircular EconomyFoodTech
Olav Ketilsson(Co-founder & Board Member)Christo du Plessis(CEO)inNeil Stallard(Chief Production Officer)in
Bluefin is an orderbook-based decentralized derivatives exchange built for both first-time users and professional traders.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Ahmad Jawaid(Founder)in
Co-investorsAltonomyAmber GroupCompoundFBG CapitalHashedLedgerPrime+15 more
Bluefin provides security-first payment infrastructure, including technologies to protect payment card and sensitive data for retailers and enterprises.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsBaleon CapitalCamden PartnersCPT CapitalMoreVCPeregrine VenturesPICO Venture Partners
CageEye is a Norwegian aquatech company that uses hydroacoustics combined with pellet detection to monitor salmon behavior and fish welfare and improve feeding in aquaculture.
AgTechHardwareIoT
Co-investorsBlue Revolution Investments G.P.
Calysta produces protein ingredients through a patented fermentation platform that does not use arable land, plants, or animal products, offering products such as FeedKind and Positive Protein for animal feed and food.
AgTechBiotechFoodTechMenlo Park, US
Alan Shaw, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)Alan Shaw(President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder)inLori Giver(Chief Science and Sustainability Officer)inCraig Barratt, Ph.D.(Director)David Hayes(Director)Suan Swee Tan(Director)
Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesCelesta CapitalPangaea Ventures Us Inc.SQN Venture Partners, LLCbp venturesDigitalOcean+1 more
Ecto offers a mobile-first platform for managing tasks, alerts, and customizable procedures across animal production operations such as aquaculture, poultry, pork, and feed plants.
AgTechFoodTechSaaS
Co-investorsRabo Corporate VenturingSeventure PartnersVodia VenturesCultivation CapitalYield Lab
Efishery is an Indonesian aquaculture technology company serving fish and shrimp farmers.
AgTechDeep TechIoT
Chrisna AdityainGibran Huzaifah(Founder)inMuhammad Akhirulsyahin
Co-investors500 Global500 Startups VietnamWavemaker PartnersKWAPTemasek
Pekilo is a mycoprotein-based ingredient that provides digestible proteins and dietary fiber as a sustainable alternative to meat products.
AgTechBiotechCircular EconomyFoodTechImpact & Social GoodFinland, FI
Co-investorsNordic Foodtech VCVoima Ventures
Fisher Piscicultura is a Brazilian tilapia aquaculture company operating since 2011 that produces over 2,000 tons of tilapia annually and develops its own farming technology, the TRGV (large-volume net tank) system designed for Brazilian reservoirs.
AgTechFoodTechHardware
Hatch Blue Investments is a venture capital firm that invests in startups across the aquaculture and seafood value chain, including farming systems, nutrition, health and genetics, and alternative seafood.
AgTechClimate TechFoodTechImpact & Social Good
Carsten Krome(Co-founder)inGeorg Baunach(Co-founder)inWayne Murphy(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsFarvatn Venture
Hofseth BioCare develops products derived from fish, using patented processes and R&D programs including research on asthma, COVID-19, and gastrointestinal health.
BiotechFoodTechWellness & Fitness
Roger Hofseth(Founder and anchor shareholder)in
Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS) is a biotech company that uses a patented "dark fermentation" process and proprietary non-GMO microalgae strains to produce natural high-value products such as astaxanthin.
AgTechBiotechFoodTechHonolulu, US
Adelheid Kuehnle(Executive Officer, Director)inClaude Kaplan(CEO)Gordon Wallace(Executive Officer)
BoardLarsen Mettler(Director)inKonrad Mueller Auffermann(Director)Carsten Krome(Director)in
Co-investorsBlue Revolution Investments G.P.Cavallo VenturesS2G InvestmentsIVC
Oceano Fresco farms shellfish, including clams and the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis), using open-sea nurseries in the Atlantic Ocean with a regenerative aquaculture approach.
AgTechClimate TechFoodTech
Co-investorsBlueCrow CapitalSemapa NextIndico Capital Partners
Proprietary phage development platform.
Co-investorsMontis CapitalMontis VCSeventure Partners
Protix produces insect-derived protein, lipid, and puree ingredients for pet food, aquaculture feed, and livestock feed, as well as frass and larvae-based products for plant care and breeding.
AgTechCircular EconomyFoodTech
Kees Aarts(Founder)in
Co-investorsBOMEuropean Circular Bioeconomy FundInvest-NLMiller Capital CorporationSHIFT Invest
Sea6 Energy develops seaweed-derived biotechnology products and biomaterials for agriculture, animal health, food ingredients, and bioplastics, leveraging ocean farming and bioprocessing technologies.
AgTechBiotechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechEnergyNew MaterialsBangalore, IN
Co-investorsSilverstrand CapitalBASF Venture Capital GmbHPETRONAS Ventures
Shiok Meats grows shrimp and other seafood through cellular agriculture, cultivating animal tissue in laboratories rather than harvesting from wild or farmed sources.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTechHealthtechSingapore, SG
Ling Ka Yi(Founder)inSandhya Sriram(Founder)in
Co-investorsBig Idea VenturesEntrepreneur FirstSustainable Food VenturesY CombinatorAera VCAgFunder+22 more
Swedish Algae Factory cultivates diatoms and extracts their silica shells, marketed as Algica®, a material used in high-end oceanic beauty care products and applications such as solar panel efficiency enhancement.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsKungshamn, SE
Co-investorsChalmers Ventures ABMindshift CapitalPowerhouse
Umami Bioworks develops cultivated seafood using cell biology and bioprocess engineering technologies.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechFoodTech
Mihir Pershad(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAera VCAgronomicsBetter Bite VenturesBrincMindshift CapitalSustainable Food Ventures+3 more
Wanda Fish develops cell-cultivated seafood, with a flagship cultivated toro bluefin tuna product grown using cell culture and biotechnology methods.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTech
Co-investorsMoreVCPeregrine VenturesCPT CapitalPICO Venture Partners
KAMPI is an app and platform that uses machine learning and AI to turn shrimp farmers' daily records into recommendations for managing biomass, biological and environmental parameters, feeding, and profitability across the harvest cycle.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTech
Co-investorsDesigner FundFounderFuelQED Investors
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Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
ChicoaCryoocyteIndian Ocean TrepangIndian Ocean Trepang (IOT)KASLake HarvestLake Harvest GroupProteonSAFSea6
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBluefin Payment Systems, LLC · finovate.com · Sep 14, 2026
Oceano Fresco · trysignalbase.com · Jul 28, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Aqua Spark made?
- Aqua Spark has 35 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Aqua Spark invest at?
- Aqua Spark invests at the Seed, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Aqua Spark focus on?
- Aqua Spark focuses on AgTech, Climate Tech, FoodTech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Aqua Spark located?
- Aqua Spark is headquartered in Utrecht, NL.
- Does Aqua Spark lead rounds?
- Aqua Spark has led 5 of the 9 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Aqua Spark co-invest with?
- Aqua Spark most often shares deals with Blue Revolution Investments G.P., Mindshift Capital, MoreVC, among 38 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Aqua Spark back?
- Across 8 deals with disclosed amounts, Aqua Spark has joined rounds of $5M – $57M (median $8.5M).
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Co-investors · 9
Seventure Partners is a European venture capital firm backing innovative companies across life sciences and digital technologies, with additional focus areas in sport & performance and the blue economy.
QED Investors is a venture capital firm focused on financial services, founded by former Capital One executives to back founders bringing transparency and fairness to fintech.
Celesta Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with early-stage deep-technology startups, providing capital alongside operational support in scaling technology, go-to-market strategy, team building, and customer and partner introductions.
BP Ventures invests in private technology companies developing innovations in the energy sector. The firm focuses on early to growth-stage companies globally.
Chroma Ventures backs exceptional teams and innovative technology-driven companies from early-stage to scale-up, taking active board roles to support ambitious growth plans and international expansion.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in AI and machine learning since its early days, backing more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
Breakthrough Energy, founded by Bill Gates, backs innovators developing affordable, reliable, and clean energy technologies, investing across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings.
Atlantico is a venture capital firm that backs founders building companies in Latin America and beyond, and publishes annual reports on the region's digital transformation.
Firms observed investing alongside Aqua Spark, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Aqua Spark's recorded portfolio.
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